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"M. Grunnius Corocotta porcellus testamentum fecit; quoniam manu mea scribere non potui, scribendum dictavi.

Mayhew & Baker. 16mo. pp. 204. 63 cts. Eschatology of the Scripture Doctrines of the Coming of the Lord, the Judgment, and the Resurrection. By Samuel Lee. Boston. J.E. Tilton & Co. 12mo. pp. 267. $1.00. Codex Vaticanus. Novum Testamentum Graece, ex Antiquissimo Codice Vaticano. Edidit Angelus Maius, S.R.E., Card. Ad Fidem Editionis Romanae accuratius impressum. New York.

Flockhart, said he, taking four or five broad pieces out of a well-filled purse and tossing the purse itself, with its remaining contents, into her apron, 'these will serve my occasions; do you take the rest. 'It is the testamentum militare, quoth the Baron, 'whilk, amang the Romans, was privilegiate to be nuncupative. But the soft heart of Mrs.

These Junian Latins were poor slaves, whose liberation was not recognized by the strict and ancient laws of Rome, because their masters chose to liberate them otherwise than by 'vindicta, census, or testamentum'. On this account they lost their privileges, poor victims of the legislative intolerance of the haughty city. You see, it begins to be touching, already.

Connected with the Milesian fables were the Testamentum Porcelli, short jeux d'esprit, generally in the form of comic anecdotes, as a rule licentious, but sometimes harmless, and intended for children. A specimen of the unobjectionable sort is here given. "Testamentum Porcelli. "Incipit testamentum porcelli.

But, in all these cases, the litera scripta has been but the closing act, the signing of the name to History's bead-roll of passing greatness, the testamentum of the old soldier whose personalty is worth bequeathing to the world. The work before us, although of great value and present importance, is of a very different character; as a glance at the circumstances which produced it will show.

Flockhart, said he, taking four or five broad pieces out of a well-filled purse and tossing the purse itself, with its remaining contents, into her apron, 'these will serve my occasions; do you take the rest. 'It is the testamentum militare, quoth the Baron, 'whilk, amang the Romans, was privilegiate to be nuncupative. But the soft heart of Mrs.

He nursed me as if I had been a queen, he did, and cried like a calf over me!... But I counted on you, upon my word. I said to him, 'There, Cibot! my gentlemen will not let you starve " Pons made no reply to this thrust ad testamentum; but as the portress waited for him to say something "I shall recommend you to M. Schmucke," he said at last.

Flockhart, said he, taking four or five broad pieces out of a well-filled purse and tossing the purse itself, with its remaining contents, into her apron, 'these will serve my occasions; do you take the rest. 'It is the testamentum militare, quoth the Baron, 'whilk, amang the Romans, was privilegiate to be nuncupative. But the soft heart of Mrs.

As we said before, to translate rhyming Latin without losing its peculiar tang is wellnigh impossible. Even Father Prout himself would be staggered by Walter Mapes's "Mihi est propositum" or "Testamentum Goliae"; but perhaps the spirit of the hymns is more easily caught, and Dr. Coles has shown that he knows the worth of faithfulness. Mademoiselle Mori; A Tale of Modern Rome.